Medicare Says It Won’t Cover Hospital Errors

The new policy raises the possibility of changes in medical practice as doctors hew more closely to clinical guidelines.

Very interesting.
Maybe this idea could be used here, in Canada,
to remove a de facto monetary reward for errors
and replace it with an effective monetary penalty.

In practice would the actual result be a more pronounced,
see no evil, hear no evil?
Duh I saw nothin' !

Botched organ harvesting

Hospital 'fines' for patient harm
"The taxpayer should not have to foot the bill for poor care that resulted in longer stays in hospital"

Monday, December 13, 2007

Health Care Neglect

"Madeleine Mendoza
She Wasn’t Supposed To Die
Since his wife passed away in a hospital in March 2003,
Ed Mendoza has been on a crusade to prevent
Madeleine’s tragedy from happening to others. "

Health care mistakes worry Canadians: report

One in 10 patients receives wrong medication


An Orleans senior who's dedicated his life to raising awareness about what he says is a broken medical system, continues his crusade at a health care conference in Ottawa next week.

Halifax 7

New law sheds light on practices of health care providers

"As many as 23,750 people die each year from in-hospital medical errors – also known as adverse events – according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information."

New law will make health care safer!?‽

I wonder why I don't feel any safer.
Is there a similarity between English common law
and Ontario/Canadian common law
relating to truthfulness?

I'm not even aware of any serious attempt
to lower the needless death rate from
in-hospital medical errors
to 2 deaths per hour.

At one time surgery staff washed up after
all the surgeries were completed.
Why wash up before? Surgery is a messy, dirty business!

Is this the current rationale for hand washing?
??????

Does self-regulation work for the medical profession?

WHO-Hand Hygiene Survey

"Hospital-acquired infections are one of the leading causes of death globally. Becoming knowledgeable about Hand Hygiene is the most important thing you and your healthcare worker can do to prevent an infection and the harm or death which can follow."

Click here for the source link for the survey.

...

Year-long wait for skull surgery

Anywhere else but Ontario, the provincial ombudsman's office could have investigated

Patients win right to know

"Ontario moves to end medical secrecy"

Why don't I feel relieved?

I'm not a pessimist, I can see that the glass is half full.
Others might regard it as, half empty.
My concern is; What's really in the glass?

You really don't want to know do you?
Power to probe hospitals urged

Patients for Patient Safety Champion, Canada

Patients for Patient Safety News

CHAMPION ACTIVITIES

Ed Mendoza, Patients for Patient Safety Champion, Canada


See also
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety

Open Medicine

"Why Open Medicine?"

Hospital secrecy to end

Smoke and Mirrors?

Will there be an effective requirement to tell the truth?

Isn't there a similarity between English common law
and Ontario/Canadian common law
relating to truthfulness?

A move to combat the problem of medical secrecy?


Patients urge access to data on doctors' errors
Apr 19, 2007


Patients demand complaints against MDs be public
April 19, 2007


Stop shielding doctors, patients demand
Apr 20, 2007

Organ-donor rules wait till after Ontario election

Reverse-onus provisions that say that your organs can be harvested whether you like it or not equate us to produce from an agricultural enterprise that provides life sustaining food for us.

Is this morally or ethically acceptable reasoning to equate organ donation to organ harvesting in this manner?

Can the harvesters be trusted?


Ontario eyes reimbursing organ donors
April 11, 2007


Fair Notice?